This essay calls voting "a sort of gaming like checkers and backgammon." It asserts that "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison," and goes on to describe its author's time in jail for refusing to pay taxes in support of the Mexican War. The nonviolent tactics of Martin Luther King and Gandhi were in part inspired by this essay, which begins by claiming "that govern
This essay calls voting "a sort of gaming like checkers and backgammon." It asserts that "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison," and goes on to describe its author's time in jail for refusing to pay taxes in support of the Mexican War. The nonviolent tactics of Martin Luther King and Gandhi were in part inspired by this essay, which begins by claiming "that government is best which governs least." For 10 points, name this essay which argues that citizens should refuse to obey unjust laws, written by Henry David Thoreau.
This essay calls voting "a sort of gaming like checkers and backgammon.
"{Civil Disobedience}" [or "{Resistance} to {Civil} Government"]